Trumbull is an

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in Ellis County,

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, United States.

Geography

It is located on U.S.

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, approximately southeast of Downtown

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History

In 1872, the

Houston and Texas Central Railway The Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC), was an 872-mile (1403-km) railway system chartered in Texas in 1848, with construction beginning in 1856. The line eventually stretched from Houston northward to Dallas and Denison, Texas. with branc ...

developed a

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south of Dallas, along its 1872 rail line extension from

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to Dallas. Known simply as "Switch", the area would later be called by a variety of names: "Ghost Hill", then "Mackie", then "Clemma", before becoming "Trumbull" in 1904. A post office was established in 1896, but was discontinued in 1967.

Education

Trumbull is serviced by the

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References

Unincorporated communities in Ellis County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{EllisCountyTX-geo-stub